Press Dinner Shooting Sparks Fresh Secret Service Scrutiny
Agents draw their guns after loud bangs were heard during the White House Correspondents' dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington on April 25.
Photographer: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty ImagesA gunman’s breach of a security checkpoint at a dinner attended by President Donald Trump is set to intensify pressure on lawmakers and the Secret Service to revisit proposed structural changes, even as Congress struggles to pass basic appropriations.
Agents rushed Trump out of a hotel ballroom during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday after a man ran past initial screening before being subdued. Trump was on a separate floor and never in immediate danger, according to officials and former agents.